NY officials, advocates argue over wage increase to avert home care worker crisis

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NY officials, advocates argue over wage increase to avert home care worker crisis
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Demand for home care is rising in NY due to the large, rapidly aging Baby Boomer population, but recruiting home health aides is becoming increasingly difficult, with staffing agencies reporting higher turnover and taking longer to fill empty positions.

For people who rely on home health aides for daily tasks such as bathing and eating, that’s a major problem.

She did not include funding for the measure in her executive budget, released in mid-January, even though addressing the health care workforce shortage was a focal point of her State of the State speech earlier that month. The only funding she included for home care workers was a one-time bonus of up to $3,000 — but it would only be paid to employees who stay on the job for at least a year. Hochul budgeted $1.

Friedman responded that he and other state officials “have looked at the bill from every angle” and found it unfeasible. But he didn’t cite a lack of funds. Rather, he said if the state sets aside enough money to fund the wage increase, it would be difficult to ensure that those dollars would actually trickle down to the workers.

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